NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow 2012 Symposium

该奖项将为参加NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金（AAPF）计划第十届年度研讨会的与会者和特邀演讲者提供支持，该研讨会将于2012年1月7日至8日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举行。AAPF计划的目的是整合博士后水平的研究和教育活动，以更好地为研究员的科学生涯做好准备。年度研讨会为研究员提供了一个场所，讨论他们的研究和教学或推广项目，同时增加他们在天文学和天体物理学界的曝光。研讨会是AAPF计划的一个关键组成部分，作为一种机制，促进研究员在活动过程中获得的经验向广大受众转移知识。与本系列的前几次研讨会一样，2012年AAPF研讨会将促进具有不同兴趣和背景的天文学家之间的互动。通过创建一个论坛，讨论可以跨越子学科定义的标准边界，有很大的机会获得新的见解和发展新的跨学科合作的能力。研讨会还将为讨论对早期职业天文学家重要的其他问题提供一个场所。此外，研讨会将（1）提供一个讨论研究和教学相结合的论坛，（2）促进AAPF研究员在研究和教育方面的合作，（3）为研究员和天文学界的奖学金计划提供曝光。

This award will provide support for attendees and invited speakers for the tenth annual symposium of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) program, to be held in Austin, TX on January 7-8, 2012. The purpose of the AAPF program is to integrate research and educational activities at the postdoctoral level, to better prepare the fellows for a scientific career. The Annual Symposium provides a venue for fellows to discuss their research and teaching or outreach projects while increasing their exposure within the astronomy and astrophysics community. The symposium represents a key component of the AAPF program, acting as a mechanism to facilitate knowledge transfer from experiences the fellows have obtained in the course of their activities to a broad audience. As with the previous symposia in this series, the AAPF symposium for 2012 will promote interactions among astronomers with very different interests and backgrounds. By creating a forum in which discussions can occur across the standard boundaries defined by sub-discipline, there is great opportunity for new insights and the ability to develop new interdisciplinary collaborations. The symposium will also provide a venue for discussing other issues that are important to early career astronomers. In addition, the symposium will (1) provide a forum for discussing the combination of research and teaching, (2) facilitate collaborations between AAPF fellows on both research and education, and (3) provide exposure for the fellows and the fellowship program within the astronomical community.